Tag: safest

What are the world's safest airlines for 2016?
(CNN) It's the annual announcement every nervous flier awaits with interest: AirlineRatings.com's safest airline award. This year the aviation analysts have named 20 leading carriers as the world's best at ensuring passenger protection. And, for the …Read more on CNN

Controller Shortage To Increase Airline Costs, Delays, Fares
An air traffic control shortage has reached critical levels with staffing at its lowest level in 27 years. A Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General concludes shortages will increase delays and FAA does not have the systems in place …Read more on Forbes

Why You Can Safely Ignore Airline Safety Rankings
Travel websites were abuzz this month with the latest safety ranking from Airline Ratings, an industry data provider. Australian flag-carrier Qantas was crowned the safest airline in the world for the third year in a row, while other big names like …Read more on Forbes

Libya Airline staff threaten strike – at least in western Libya
In January 2014, Libyan Airlines announced it would transfer its administrative headquarters to Benghazi, where the airline was first based after it was founded in 1964. The transfer started to take effect in the summer of the same year but with the …Read more on Libya Herald